09A… Hay Fever

L.A. Theatre Works

Produced: Oct 9, 1999

03.10.07

A country house weekend goes haywire when the guests and their hosts play a game of romantic musical chairs. This witty masterpiece is filled with Coward’s biting commentary on his own profession. 

Tate Donovan as Richard Gratham
Arabella Field as David Boies
Joy Gregory as Sorel Bliss Coryton
Jeffrey Jones as David Bliss
Lynne Marta as Clara
Serena Scott Thomas as Myra Abundel
Carolyn Seymour as Judith Bliss
Eric Stoltz as Sandy Tyrell
Simon Templeman as Simon Bliss

Directed by John Rubinstein

Noël Coward himself said of 'Hay Fever', '[It] is considered by many to be my best comedy' and 'far and away one of the most difficult plays to perform that I have ever encountered. To begin with, it has no plot at all, and remarkably little action.' Perhaps he was understating it there for, while the play is not gung-ho full of action, there is plenty going on. It must have had something for, when first staged on 8 June 1925 it ran for 337 performances!

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